Senior Software Engineer - Robotics

Faction Imaging is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to help accelerate the development of next-generation medical imaging solutions. In this role, you will work with a small, multidisciplinary team of engineers and contribute to building the foundation that transforms cutting-edge algorithms into robust, reliable, production-quality software. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex integration challenges and is passionate about building real-time, real-world systems.

Role & Responsibilities

• Drive discussions and contribute to the technical strategy for scalable, real-time robotic systems integrating multiple hardware and software components.
• Design, implement, and maintain software architecture and modular components for reliable, maintainable, and high-performance operation.
• Develop and integrate DDS-based communication layers to ensure robust, low-latency data exchange across distributed components.
• Collaborate closely with ML, robotics, and controls engineers to define data interfaces, real-time performance requirements, and system integration strategies.
• Conduct live experiments, validation, and performance testing of software on robotic platforms.
• Develop basic user interfaces and visualization tools for operational monitoring, diagnostics, and system control.
• Promote adherence to software engineering best practices, including code review, documentation, testing, and continuous integration.

Qualifications

Education:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 7 years of professional software development experience in robotics applications, or
• PhD in a related field with 4 years of professional experience.

Core Competencies:

• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, real-time constraints, networking, and multi-threaded programming.
• Proficiency in C and Python, emphasizing clean, reusable, and maintainable code.
• Hands-on experience with DDS or similar middleware (e.g., ROS 2, ZeroMQ) and deep understanding of inter-process communication mechanisms.
• Skilled in version control (git) and familiarity with modern software development, debugging, and logging tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.

Engineering Practices:

• Proven ability to design and document software architecture.
• Familiarity with unit testing, code reviews, continuous integration, and agile development processes.

Preferred Skills

Having one or more of the following will be a strong plus:

Machine Learning / AI R&D

• Experience developing ML models for computer or robotic vision.
• Deploying and optimizing cloud-based data or ML infrastructure (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS).
• Proficiency with Azure services for data storage, management, and model training.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Robotics R&D

• Development of efficient mapping, planning, or navigation algorithms and related software.
• Experience with end-to-end deep learning models for robotic applications.

Additional Strengths

• Degree in Computer Science with exceptional programming skills.
• Demonstrated contributions to open-source projects.
• Leadership in setting development guidelines and promoting high engineering standards for the team.